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At 22, Gail gave birth alone and left her newborn in the woods. Decades later, she's arrested for murder, despite claiming the baby was stillborn. This documentary explores the fallout when young women cannot accept the reality of an unplanned pregnancy.
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00:07She was an amazing mom.
00:11Suspect wanted for questioning.
00:13We just wanted to see if we could talk to you for a show on me.
00:16You have any idea what we want to talk to you about?
00:19I just saw a baby.
00:21Yeah? What about?
00:23A baby that was left.
00:30Over 26 years ago, Gail Eastwood Ritchie left her biological child for dead.
00:37How do we could do something like that?
00:40I did not know I was pregnant.
00:43The rest of the day I knew I was giving birth, giving me a total.
00:49How do you create a life and just discard it?
00:54She could face a maximum sentence of life in prison.
00:58She's not only married the baby's father, they have three other children together.
01:01Church-going family, I just don't understand.
01:10Given her religious background, abortion would have been murder.
01:15Gail has been adamant that she did not purposely cause this baby's death.
01:19She kept repeating she's sorry.
01:21And all I could do is say, I forgive you.
01:26There's a lot of shame in these families, secrets.
01:32They're making her out to be a criminal.
01:41I don't care about the evidence.
01:43As long as I know my mom can come home, that's all that matters.
01:51They're not a monster.
01:54They're not a monster.
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